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Six ¾¨Ó㴫ý students and their adviser attended the annual MidSouth Philosophy Conference at Rhodes College in Memphis Feb. 24-26.

Dr. David Goldberg, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of philosophy, presented "What Is It That Returns: Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence." 

The paper examines the two traditional interpretations of Nietzsche's concept of Eternal Recurrence - the hypothetical and the cosmological - both of which suggest that the "what" that returns is a sequential circularity of events.Ìý Goldberg substantiates that both interpretations come into conflict with Nietzsche's thought.Ìý He offers an alternative to the "what that returns," a solution that coincides with Nietzsche's admonition that a philosopher is not entitled to "isolated acts."

Goldberg also commented on "The Accidental Optimist: Schopenhaurer's Moral Philosophy as a Way of Life," a paper by James Dunson of Xavier University.

Goldberg, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 2002, earned undergraduate and master's degrees from The Pennsylvania State University and Ph.D. from Duquesne University.

¾¨Ó㴫ý students attending were John Allison, Sarah Avery, Michael Gorman, Wesley LaQuaglia, Jaclyn Miller, and Maddison Welton.Ìý

Also attending and joining the group was 2011 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduate Adam Griffith.

Contact Goldberg at (724) 946-7153 or email for additional information.

Front (l-r): Sarah Avery, Maddison Welton, Michael Gorman, Jackie Miller. Back (l-r): Wesley LaQuaglia, Adam Griffith, John Allison